This came from the best home school field trips email list.
Hopefully, it will be helpful to you all!
Anyone who is interested in NM may want to try the Silver City area
in the southern part of the state. What you will find:
1. Silver City. A town that cropped up during the silver rush. In
the last 10 years or so, it's become popular with eastern transplant
artists and I recently saw it listed in teh top 100 art communities.
This has resulted in a pretty eclectic vibe in the downtown. The
town is quaint and there is a pretty good museum re: Silver City and
area right there as well.
2. The City of Rocks State Park.
Look this one up. It's a very large area of enormous boulders and
monoliths formed by 30 million year old volcanic ash eroded into soft
and beautiful formations. Kids and adults alike love to meander and
climb. Have lunch at a BBQ pit or a picnic. 360 degree sunsets of
color. I've never used them, but there are also some kind of RV
hookups.
3. The Catwalk
An easy hike, which I now believe is handicap accessible, through a
pink granite box canyon w/ a river/stream under the trail. It's nice
and lovely.
4. The Gila Cliff Dwellings
I haven't been there in a long time. I remember it as a magical
place when I was little. Ancient indian cliff dwellings.
5. Deming Museum
I don't know of a darn thing to do in Deming except the museum.
However, I think that the museum is pretty gosh darn great. It's
well donated to and ancient pottery is there along side a huge
variety of modern antiquest--including a garage with an old fire
truck, ambulance, and other vehicles. There is some really cool
stuff there. IT's not far from teh city of rocks.....
6. Hillsboro
Hillsboro is at the start of hte gila national forest. You will drive
through here if you are coming from the North, e.g. Albuquerque.
It's a very small old town (silver and gold rush). It's a pretty
sweet little town. At the start of town you will see a very large
black shiny "rock". What it actually is is a mound of solidified gold
slag. And, a very little known fact is that there is a house in
Hillsoboro that is Made of Gold Slag Bricks.
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